Business Intelligence Development Project (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

From Autumn 2023 the course starts from beginning of semester and can be done for -16 weeks.
To support student individual study situation - extra time can be granted to finish the project as long as the first iterations are done properly.

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Implementation methods:

- virtual with possible online and individual sessions
- studification

Materials

Moodle materials and reference articles, documents and sites.
SharePoint support Site and content

Teaching methods and instruction

NOTE: From Autumn 2023 this course starts from the semester start (not period 2) and defined as a 16-week course (can still be done in shorter time)

This is the second course of the renewed business intelligence course setup.

It is setup as 16 week non-stop e-learning approach with the strong recommendation to utilize Zoom sessions with teacher/customer as part of submitted iterations.

The two BI-courses build on a Business Intelligence Framework, stressing the importance of creating business value, valuing the strategy alignment, imposing the importance of BI-maturity understanding and suggests the need for an agile approach to BI-development life cycles.

In this second course the student runs a project in which a BI-solution based on user stories and agile development principles are created.

The architecture utilized is Power BI Desktop - Power BI Pro (cloud) - SharePoint.
Power BI pro license will be provided by Haaga-Helia.

As the course is now 16 weeks - students that have NOT passed the BI-basic can be accepted BUT then need to first gain the proper basic knowledge during first weeks.

The amount of students accepted to one implementation is restricted by the amount of HH Power BI pro licenses available (25)

Business Intelligence Development Project – ICB012AS3AE, 5 credit points, Professional studies, Optional

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

No exam - this is a project course

Internationality

World leading tools and material in English

Completion alternatives

RPL can be applied - contact teacher by email.

Learning assignments

Basic course setup – Autumn 2023 forward
The BI Development Project course consists of the following parts:
1. Introduction
Presentations and course overview
2. Project Initiation
Project plan and Schedule
Proof of concept --> Schedule published in SharePoint
Grading document created
3. Iteration 1
Some Nav learnings and adding new data to Nav – Journal
Some Visual Design learnings – Journal
Some AI elements introduction - Journal
4. Iteration 2
Solution published based on defined User stories
Reporting
Self-check of solution
5. Iteration 3
Solution published based on defined User stories
New version of Iteration 2 solution (if applicable)
Reporting
Possible Zoom with teacher
5. Project closing
Total solution published and submitted
Project report
Possible Zoom with teacher
As part of grading an extra Iteration can be initiated by teacher, if
initiated it is either to pass the course or to get a higher garde
6. Official course feedback and feedback directly to teacher
In Moodle and Peppi system
Mandatory if grade and credits wanted

Assessment methods

Grade 5 (90%)
The student:

a) has a very good understanding of the agile BI development process
b) is very knowledgeable of data structures and related business processes
c) has excellent skills in regards to planning and developing a BI-solution
d) is mastering market leading tools to create a BI-solution

More precise Assessment criteria:

To achieve the highest grade, it would be expected that
the student:
- has worked independently
- has followed instructions and main deadlines without exceptions
- has well planned the project and presented the project planning well
- has planned and fulfilled more than just a basic solution, the created and presented solution has some specialty, some finding or includes an interesting/innovative approach or the quality is excellent overall
- has created a final solution that corresponds well to the plan or there are clear explanations and reasons why not
- has utilized good design and other capabilities of the selected tools/architecture
- has clearly applied a systematic agile approach
- has well reported and presented the solution
- is able in all communications to discuss using good BI and ICT terminology
- has fulfilled all defined requirements

Grade 3 (70%)
The student:

a) has a good understanding of the agile BI development process
b) is knowledgeable of data structures and related business processes
c) has good insights in regards to planning and developing a BI-solution
d) is confident in utilizing market leading tools to create a BI-solution

More precise Assessment criteria:

To achieve the grade 3, it would be expected that the student:

- has worked independently
- has followed instructions and deadlines
- has planned the project and presented the project planning reasonably well
- has planned and fulfilled a basic solution, the created and presented
solution is pretty ordinary but of good quality
- has created a final solution that corresponds to the plan or there are
explanations and reasons why not
- has utilized good capabilities of the selected tools/architecture
- has used at least to some extent a systematic agile approach
- has reported and presented the solution
- is able in all communications to discuss using BI and ICT terminology


Grade 1 (50%)
The student:
a) has a basic understanding of the agile BI development process
b) is familiar with data structures and related business processes
c) has gained some understanding in planning and developing a BI-solution
d) is able to utilize market leading tools to create at least a part BI-solution

More precise Assessment criteria:

To achieve the grade 1, it would be expected that
the student:

- has mainly worked independently
- has mainly followed instructions
- has planned the project and presented the project planning
- has planned and fulfilled at least some part solution
- has created a solution
- has utilized tools/architecture
- has reported and presented the solution
- has run a project with a sufficient time span

Assessment procedure and setup
To pass this course the student need to
- independently plan, execute and report a BI development project in accordance with schedules and created project plan
- the work MUST be done as in a project with sufficient timespan between start and end of project
- Teams CAN be accepted but requires always a start-up meeting with teacher